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Business Need Paper Assignment -
Topic - Identifying the Business Need: Application
Objectives - Develop a problem statement for an identified challenge or opportunity.
Resources -
Review Chapters 3 and 6 in Project Management in Nursing Informatics.
Review "CDC Unified Process Practices Guide: Business Needs Statement Practices Guide," from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008).
Review "Write Your Business Opportunity Statement," by Goldberg, located on the IBM website.
Review "A Simple Problem Formulation Framework to Create the Right Solution to the Right Problem," by Sauve-Ciencewicki, Davis, McDonald, Ramanarayanan, Raybould, Wolf, and Valenti, from Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (2019).
Use the link provided to access the CDC website. Once there, access the "Business Needs Statement" from the list of templates.
Review "How to Write a Business Problem Statement - With Examples," located on The Business Analyst's Toolkit website.
Review "SMART Goals: A How to Guide," located on the University of California website.
Review "What Critical Ethical Values Guide Strategic Planning Processes in Health Care Organizations?" by Kucmanic and Sheon, from AMA Journal of Ethics (2017).
Discussion 1 - Outline your problem statement and explain any areas of concerns for which you would like feedback. In your response to peers, provide suggestions for those seeking feedback.
Discussion 2 - Discuss how you can incorporate the skills for investigating a challenge or new opportunity in your current role.
Assignment - This is my PROJECT for this class. It is going to be done in stages, so we are going to build on it as we progress in the class.Ensure that the criteria you develop in each assignment are relevant to the problem and proposed informatics solution, apply pertinent knowledge of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), and are appropriate for the organization.
Assignment - Business Need and Development of Problem Statement
For this assignment, you will identify a business need and develop the problem statement for your practicum project. You will use this problem statement for all subsequent assignments.
Investigate an organizational gap or issue at your practicum site (ArdentManagement Consulting Inc.) and identify a problem or new opportunity that can be addressed through an informatics solution. Based on your findings, write a 750- to 1,000-word paper that defines the problem or opportunity and explains how it can be addressed through an informatics solution.
Ensure the problem or opportunity is accurately identified and the proposed solution is appropriate for the organization in meeting a business need.
Include the following:
1. Discuss the issue or gap identified during your investigation and explain what business need is not being met.
2. Create a problem statement that can be used to provide a snapshot of the issue or gap and the proposed solution.
3. Describe the departments directly affected and discuss the impact the issue or gap has on them.
4. Discuss any additional consequences of the issue or gap for organizational performance, other stakeholders, budget, etc.
5. Propose a clinical, technological, or process-related solution that can be implemented to address the identified issue or gap. Explain how the proposed solution addresses the issue or gap for the departments and how it fulfills the specified business need.
6. Evaluate the advantages and limitations of using information science and technology to solve the problem.
7. Describe how the proposed informatics solution supports the organization's objectives and overall strategy and operations.
You are required to cite a minimum of four scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and health care and health informatics content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide (Refer to the sample/example given).